Nelito

Nelito
Personal information
Full name	Vítor Manuel Simões Fernandes Bernardo
Date of birth	31 March 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Pivot
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2000	Correio da Manhã
2000–2001	Sporting Vila Verde
2001–2003	Benfica
2003–2004	Correio da Manhã
2004–2006	Benfica
National team‡
1998–2002	Portugal
Teams managed
2006–2013	Benfica (assistant coach)
2018–
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Vítor Leonel Simões Fernandes Bernardo (born 31 Março 1970), commonly known as Nelito, is a Portuguese futsal coach and former futsal player who played as a pivot. He is the head coach of the club . As a player Nelito was the Portuguese Futsal First Division top scorer while playing for Sporting Vila Verde^[1] and he won two Portuguese futsal leagues with Benfica. Nelito played for the Portugal national team in the 1999 Euros and the 2000 World Cup.^[2]

References[]

^ "Nelito: «Quem está no Benfica só pode pensar em vencer»" [Nelito: «At Benfica one must always think about winning»]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 September 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Portugal vence a Guatemala na abertura do Mundial de futsal" [Portugal beats Guatemala in the first game of the Futsal World Cup]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 November 2000. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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[1] "Nelito: «Quem está no Benfica só pode pensar em vencer»" [Nelito: «At Benfica one must always think about winning»]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 September 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[2] "Portugal vence a Guatemala na abertura do Mundial de futsal" [Portugal beats Guatemala in the first game of the Futsal World Cup]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 November 2000. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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